Nature Acting in Its Own Self-interest

Man was the first animal to 'see' the Natural World.  It existed for vast ages before him, but it did not know itself.  But with Man, Nature became better aware of itself.  And now it needs Man to be its faithful lover and knower and preserver-- Man as Nature aware of and acting for itself in its totality.  But Man is far from being this.  He is too much a particular animal that has gotten out of its particular context and wreaks terrible damage on Nature.  Man has evolved in the wrong direction and become a monster.  Can he be saved in time?  Can Nature-as-a-whole awaken in Man and set him right before he destroys himself and everything else?  Man as constituted cannot be Nature.  But Nature can manifest in him and through him, sometimes.  Man is an imperfect instrument for this at present, and needs to work, singly and collectively, to let Nature bloom in his brain-mind.  Then he can be Nature acting in its own Self-interest.